Dress trimming machine



Jan. 12, 1943. R. CARILLO ETAL DRESS TRIMMING MACHINE Filed Aug. 4, 1942 2 Shae'ts- Sh et 1 IN VEN TOR-9'.

BY fi/VTHUNYNFPOLT/VND AEQHI'TORNEY' Jan. 12, 1943; R. CARILLO ETAL DRESS TRIMMING MACHINE Filed Aug. 4, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a N, u mm Y m NHM m n 0 mam T e T MN H mm R MM v 0 v 6% B a. w 3 0 1 .8 wi wm, mm [6 a 2 3 0 3M. U/rO, a 6 w 0 a b Patented 3m. 12, 1943 UNITED AT-E55 PATENT OFFICE Richard car-m8 and anthon Napoletano,

. a pu auo mst 4, 1942, Serial No. 453,599

6 Claims.

- This invention relates to a garment cutting machine, particularly for trimming the bottom of skirts, dresses and the like, to a straight edge prior to the hemming operation.

The salient feature of this invention is the clamping means of firmly securing the bottom portion of the dress onto the lower dressv form during the cutting and trimming operation thereof in which the clamping means, dress and dress forms and dummies rotate slowly in one-complete revolution while the cutting disk revolves at a very high speed suflicientiy to perform the cutting and trimming operation of the bottom portion of dress while in its clamped position.

.Another important feature of this invention is the vertical pedestal shaft, which is provided with a lower dress form and upper dummy have ing onto its bottom thereof, a Geneva-like plate clutch member, which is set onto another collar and clutch member provided with pins to engage and drive the Geneva-like plate clutch member, all of which are positioned to the required length of dress to be cut.

Another important object of this invention is the interchangeable means of using different size in which:

Figure 1 is a frontelevational view in perspecon line 6-6 of .Figure2, shows the upper and lower sleeve driving and clutch members disen-. gaged, and the'dress clamping members being shown'in their open and inoperative positions as noted in dot-lines of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 'li designates a vertical support rod member or stanchion, mounted into a suitable floor bearing li, from which the lower sleeve driving member lia extends upwardly onto the fixed rod or stanchion Ii; and an upper sleeve driving member lib, is also mounted thereon. A bottom dress form or drum member I I having a lower circular vertical face portion l8 and upper exterior conical portion is, is-providedwith a circular groove or channel portion 20. -The lower drum portion II has a' perforated web section H and collar- I flange 22 which is secured at,23 to the shaft Ii.

tive, of the cutting or trimming machine of this invention, showing the trimming or cutting operation of the dress therewith.

shown in their inoperative and open extended posltion.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the dress form or dummy removed, and the gauge marking means and clutch member adjustably secured onto the upper rotary sleeve shaft member to the required dress length to be trimmed.

Figure 5 is a partially perspective view of any suitable size dress form or dummy being shown ready for mounting onto the upper sleeve member, 'whereon the Geneva-like plate clutch'member becomes interlocked with the clutch member shown in Figure 4. Y

Figure 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken A suitable clutching member 25 is adjustable on the upper sleeve lib by means of pull rod member 26 heldnormally by spring action (not shown) into engagement with holes 21 spaced apart co'rrespondingto the guide marks 28, (see gure 4) such as by the numerals 40, 4|, 42, l3, M, ii, 46, 41, l8, 49, 60, indicating inch and halfinch marks therebetween. The holes 28- are spaced half-inch apart,,so that the dress'form or dummy F may be set onto the shaft Ii to the required length of thedress to be trimmed, as shown in Figures 1, 3 and 5.

The clutch member 25 has pins 30 that ,engage notches ll of the Geneva-like member 32 secured to the bottom portion of the form or dummy F having a bore 33 aligning with the hole 34 of the member 32, so the different size forms or dummies F may be mounted onto the sleeve shaft lib and be rotatable therewith by the interlocked members 2i and 32, later to be explained in operation. L

Each of the clamping members 31 are ar- 38 having one end secured at 39 to the clamp member ILand the other end secured at All to a chain II that engages a loose sprocket i2 (or pulley-wheel). the rod 31 being slidable in the fixed bearings 43 of the lower drum portion II.

A spring secured to the portion l. and rod). tend to keep the clamping members 31 in their extended and inoperative position, as shown in -Figures 3, 4 and 6.

The other end of the chain 4| is secured to upper clutch member 41 on upper sleeve lib, the clutch member 41 adapted to be engaged with the 2 clutch or lower driving clutch member "secured to the lower sleeve member l5a.

A motor M drives a belt or chain 50 that drives 1 shown in the cutting position in Figures 1 and 2, and in the inoperative position in Figures 3, 4 and 6, in which the box member is slidable onto the track or bars 59 arranged in floor bearing members 60, by means of the rod-bars 6| secured on each side of the box member 56, the rod-bars 6| having chains 62 riding on sprockets 63, the chains being connected to a cross-bar 64 secured at 55 to a clutch shifting member, 66 (see Figures 1 and 6).

The shaft 5| drives gears 10 and II that rotates the lower drive member l5a and clutch member 48. A pedal connects to rods 16 and 11, which is pivotally secured to a clutch arm 18, which is anchorly pivoted to the floor bearing 19. This clutch arm has pins 80 engaging a circular groove in the upper clutch bearing 41.

In operation the operator of machine steps on the foot pedal 15, whereby the clutch arm 66 moves the upper clutch 41 into engagement with the lower clutch member 48, thereby simultaneously moving the box member 56 and cutting disk 58 by the rods Bl, chains 62, cross-bar 64 and shifting arm 66 that operates upper clutch member 41, and also simultaneously moving the clamping members 31, and their inner linings 31a, preferably of felt. into their gripping positions (see Figures 1 and 2), with the bottom of the dress D clamped onto lower drum portion 8, then instantlythe motor switch S is contacted by the movable point S", the motor M being connected by a suitable current supply, which drives the belt 50, shaft 5|, gears 10 and H, sleeve [5a, clutch members 41 and 48 and upper sleeve member [5b, dress form and dummy F, in which the bottom of the dress D is rotated 'in direction of arrow shown in Figures 1 and 2, the cutting disk 58 turns in the reversed direction, thereby trimming the bottom of dress at the groove portion 2 0, the ,cut ofi portion being indicated at 90 in Figure 6, the operator of machine cuts same with a scissors, (or by any other suitable means) and removes it therefrom for the next trimming operation.

The upper sleeve driving member |5b is rotated slowly. approximately one revolution every two seconds, while the cutting disks rotate at a very claim as new and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the United States of America is as follows:

1. In a dress trimming machine of the character described, including a fixed rod-stanchion or rod shaft extending upwardly from a fixed floor size adapted to be mounted onto said upper sleeve high speed sufficiently to perform the cutting and trimming operation of the bottom of the dress D in a very clean and satisfactory manner.

It is to be noted that the cutting disk 58 does not revolve around the dress form or dummy or dress, but remains in a stationary mounting, as

in the box-like member 56, and moves only slight- 1y or about the same as the clamping members Having thus described our invention, what we member and interlocked with said Geneva-like plate clutch member, a cutting disk arranged adjacent said circular groove portion, said dress to be cut or trimmed at its bottom unhemmed portion for its required length being gauged by said markings, means to clamp the bottom portion of said dress to said circular base portion of said bottom dress form-and-drum, means to operate said upper sleeve member onto the lower portion of said fixed upright rod-stanchion, such as another sleeve member and driving clutch member, that drives the driving clutch member secured onto the end of said upper sleeve member, thereby rotating said upper sleeve member, forms and drum all together, and furthermeans to move said cutting disk into operation with said circular groove portion of said drum, thereby cutting and trimming the unhemmed bottom portion of said dress in one cycle of revolution by said upper sleeve member. and further means to unclamp said clamping means for the removal of said dress while said operating mechanism rotating said upper sleeve member has been made inoperative and unrotatable by any suitable means therewith.

2. In a dress trimming machine of the character described, including upper and lower dress forms, suitably mounted and secured onto a rotatable sleeve member rotatable onto a stationary upright stanchion, curved plate clamping members normally held in an open position from said lower dress form, said lower or bottom dress form provided with a circular groove or channel portion, said clamping members operable by rods extending through the vertical wall portion of said lower bottom dress form, said' rods havin chains connected thereto, said chains connecting over sprockets mounted in the perforated portions of web or base portion of said bottom dress form. and connecting to an upper driving clutch member onto the bottom of said sleeve member, said clamping plate members adapted to be drawn into their clamping positions onto said bottom dress form with the unhemmed bottom portion of a dress clamped therebetween, simultaneously said upper and lower dress forms being rotated slowly by said sleeve member and bottom clutch member by any suitable means, whereby a cutting disk arranged in a stationary mounting adjacent to the top edges of said clamping members, revolving at a high speed trims the unhemmed bottom dress portion at the circular or channel portion wherein said cutting disk operates in a stationary position, after said forms and sleeve member have rotated one complete cycle or revolution. said cutting disk and clamping members being withdrawn to their inoperative positions by -able by said sleeve member, said cutting disk being separately arranged in a stationary bearing adjacent the top edge of one of said clamping members and in alignment with said groove or channel portion in the bottom dress form or drum, said cutting disk being moved in and out of said groove or channel portion for its trimming operation of said dress bottom portion, by

means.

4. In a dress trimming machine of the character described, the combination of a fixed stanchion, upper and lower sleeve members mounted thereon, said upper sleeve member being engaged by a slidable clutch member provided with a pull rod that is set into spaced holes in said upper sleeve member, said holes being in alignment with spaced marks on said upper sleeve member, a

I the bearing thereof operated by any suitable bottom dress form-and-drum secured onto the bottom portion of said upper sleeve member, said dressform-and-drum having a circular bottom portion and an upper conical portion and a groove portionltherebetween, a cutting disk arranged adjacent said groove portion, clamping members arranged onto said circular bottom portion of said bottom dress form-and-drum, the

bottom end of said upper sleeve member provided with a driving clutch member, an upper dress form having a central bore and a clutch plate member on the bottom portion thereof, adapted to be mounted onto said upper sleeve member and interlocked therewith, means to operate said cutting disk, clamping members, driving clutch member and upper sleeve member, thereby rotating said upper dress=form-%-an&--bottom dress formand-drum, whereby said cutting disk moves into said circular groove and trims the bottom of any material which may be on the said forms in one cycle of said forms, after which said clamping members and cutting disk are moved outwardly to their inoperative positions. r

5. In a dress trimming machine of the character described, including a fixed stanchion having a rotatable sleeve member mounted thereon, an upper dress-form and a bottom dress formand-drum suitably arranged onto said sleeve member, said bottom dress form-and-drum provided with clamping members, a dress adapted to be fitted onto said forms and clamped by said clamping members at the bottom portion thereof, a cuttingdisk arranged. therewith, means to rotate said sleeve member, dress forms, 'dress and clamping members, whereby the bottom unhemmed portion of said dress is trimmed by said cutting disk, and means to make inoperative said sleeve member. dress forms, dress and clamping members, and cutting disk, whereby the dress may be removed for the next trimming operation. 6. In a dress trimming machine of the character described, a fixed stanchion and rotatable sleeve mounted thereon, an upper dress-form and a bottom dress form-and-drum suitably arranged thereon, said bottom dress form-anddrum provided with clamping means,- a dress adaptable to be arranged onto said dress forms with the bottom unhemmed portion firmly secured by said clamping means to the bottom dress formand-drum, a cutting disk arranged in a stationary and movable bearing adjacent said clamping means and said bottom dress form-and-drum, 

